According to the complaint, the plaintiff was at a truck stop at 12170 Gentilly Road, New Orleans on March 31, 2016, when the incident took place. The suit states that a car had been abandoned and had a sulfur residue on the surface. The wind caused the sulfur from the abandoned car to be blown into the plaintiff's eyes, causing injury.

The defendant is accused of negligence, abandoning the vehicle and failure to see the potential for danger.